Where does “jerrycan” come from?
jerrycan (Dutch) comes from English jerrycan, from English Jerry, from English German, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
jerrycan (Dutch): a jerrycan or similar container, used for fuel or...
Definitions
- a jerrycan or similar container, used for fuel or...
Ancestry of “jerrycan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jerrycan | A robust fuel container made from pressed steel |
| 2 | English | Jerry | Alternative letter-case form of jerry: a chamber... |
| 3 | English | German | A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of... |
| 4 | Latin | Germānia | Germany in its various senses, including |
| 5 | Latin | Germānī | Native people or tribes of ancient Germania, mentioned by Julius Caesar and Tacitus |
| 6 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |